Obituary

The General Overseer of the Guiding Light Assembly Pastor Wale Adefarasin and the Prelate and Metropolitan Senior Pastor of House on the Rock Pastor Paul Adefarasin have lost their mother …

The Emir Of Dutse, the capital city of Jigawa State, Nuhu Muhammadu Sunusi II is dead. The first-class traditional ruler in the North Western part of Nigeria and a former …

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State, Prof Uchenna Ikonne is dead. His death was announced in a statement on Wednesday by his son, Dr …

Pope Francis led the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI on Thursday in front of tens of thousands of mourners in St Peter’s Square, an event unprecedented in modern times. …

Catholics will on Monday be able to pay their respects in the Vatican to former pope Benedict XVI, whose body will lie in state for three days at St Peter’s …

Grammy-winning singer Anita Pointer died on Saturday at the age of 74 following a battle with cancer, her publicist said. One of the founding members of R&B group The Pointer …

A couple – Kehinde Fatinoye and Bukola – has been killed in a mysterious fire incident shortly after returning from a New Year/Crossover service in Abeokuta, Ogun State. A suspect …

Barbara Walters, one of the most visible women on US television as the first female anchor on an American network evening news broadcast and one of TV’s most prominent interviewers, …

Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, who steered the country through a transformational era from the late 1980s and into the new millennium, died Wednesday at the age of 96, state …

Popular Nigerian gospel singer Sammie Okposo died in the early hours of Friday, multiple sources report. The singer, who recently made headlines following a cheating scandal, slumped and died at …